Re: safely remove USB hard drive

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 17:44 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 21:38 +0000, g wrote:
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > Hash: SHA1
> > 
> > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > It's an item on the right-click menu of the KDE desktop icons for
> > > mounted devices (I presume also in Gnome). Dolphin also has it as a
> > > button. From a Shell I guess 'eject' is the nearest equivalent.
> > 
> > under mandriva 2k8.0, kde 3.5.7, auto mount enabled, right clicking icon offers
> > 
> > 	   open | copy | open with file size viewer | open with...
> > 	unmount | open medium system folder | eject | properties
> > 
> > one more reason i need to get fedora up.
> > 
> > thanks for enlightening me.
> 
> Eject is the one you want. I think the terminology varies according to
> whether the medium can be physically ejectd or not. If it's a CD my
> system says Eject, if it's a pendrive it says "Safely remove".

In the last few weeks, selecting on the Desktop DvD Icon and clicking on
"eject" no longer works. I updated as the last installed version quit
ejecting the medium on me, but the update craps out as well. It's not a
huge issue, but I miss the convenience. Ric

-- 
================================================
My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar
http://www.wayward4now.net  <---down4now too
================================================

-- 
fedora-list mailing list
fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

[Index of Archives]     [Current Fedora Users]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Yosemite News]     [Yosemite Photos]     [KDE Users]     [Fedora Tools]     [Fedora Docs]

  Powered by Linux